Responsibilities
* Maintain a high standard of patient care and confidentiality within all dental clinics throughout the service.
* Prepare and monitor patients for and during their dental treatment, providing pre and post operative instructions as required.
* Undertake the general care of the surgery including dental equipment/instruments (medical devices) and arrange any necessary repairs as required.
* Ensure medical emergency drugs and equipment are available and up to date.
* Provide chair side assistance and postoperative instructions during general anaesthetic and exodontia sessions as required.
* Provide oral health education to patients as required by the clinician.
* Assist the Senior Dental Nurse in the smooth running of the Dental service.
* Support and assist clinicians including all student disciplines.
* Support and supervise all apprentice nurses, undergraduate groups.
* Support the patients through the conscious sedation pathway by providing chairside assistance, give pre-op and post-op instructions, prepare patients for discharge.
* Provide chair side assistance to clinicians within the dental service.
* Carry out clerical and administrative duties to ensure efficient operation of the clinic/department.
Qualifications
The post holder will need to hold a post qualification in conscious sedation covering both IV and inhalation sedation and should be able to evidence CPD and sedation case log.
Schedule & Working Hours
Working Days: Monday and Friday. The post holder is expected to work between Monday to Saturday between the hours of 08:00 to 20:00 to support the service need. Support the dental team providing high quality care to a wide spectrum of patients across localities within the Dental Service, based at Birmingham Dental Hospital (BDH) and Community Dental Services (CDS) including Mobile Clinics and/or additional external sites as required. Dental nurses will be expected to work flexibly across the Dental Hospital and within our outreach sites.
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